Detroit, Michigan - The Ossian Sweet house on Detroit's east side. When Sweet, an African-American doctor, moved his family into this then-all white n

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Detroit, Michigan - The Ossian Sweet house on Detroit's east side. When Sweet, an African-American doctor, moved his family into this then-all white neighborhood in 1925, a mob inspired by the Ku Klux Klan tried to force them out. Defenders of the home fired on the mob, killing one white man. Sweet and 10 others were charged with murder; they were defended by the NAACP and Clarence Darrow.

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Size: 6408px × 4272px
Location: Detroit, MI, United States
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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